STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Talk about a quick and courteous response by police.

The NYPD received a heartfelt letter of appreciation after officers returned a lost cell phone to a South Shore woman before she even realized that it was missing.

"As Commanding Officer of The 123 Precinct, I don't think my day could have started any better than when I sat down at my desk and this was the first thing I saw," said Capt. Kenneth Noonan in a post on Twitter.

Noonan was referring to a letter penned by the husband thanking Officers Vale and Dabrowski for their efforts.

The husband wrote that the couple returned home on April 17 "never realizing that her cell phone was missing" until police rang the door bell around 9:30 p.m.

The husband and wife were "cordially greeted" by both officers who assured them that it was not an emergency and asked if they had lost a Samsung Galaxy cell phone.

"My wife ran back upstairs, returned, and said, 'Yes, my phone is not in my purse!'" the husband wrote.

"The officers said that they would return with the phone and they did!! My wife and I were ever so grateful, especially for their professionalism and courtesy."